Sunday, 22 April 2012

Goooodly Morning Stampers and a very happy Sunday to you all. Many thanks for all the fabby entries to last weeks challenge... and hello to some newbie entrants too :O)) This week I am inspired by the weather! Well, the kind of weather that I wish we were having at the moment and not this rainy, cloudy and hailstormy stuff... no, I am wishing for some bright sunshiny days. So, the theme for this week is... SUMMER COLOURS. To join in with the challenge is simples: make a little something, it can be anything you like... add in some stamping and the theme and then hop on over here to leave me a comment with a link to the place you are showing your entry. If you haven't got a blog/Picassa/Flickr etc, you can enter on Facebook or by sending me an email with a piccie of your entry. The challenge will remain open until 21:oo Saturday 28th April 2012.

Front of T'Pouch

So... my entry is actually my class sample for today's workshop at The Stamp Attic. It is all about overloading tags... something that I lurve to do. I have made a T'Pouch for the tags to sit in... oh and if you are new to my blog and are wondering what a "T'Pouch" is... basically, about a year ago, I got all exciteable and decided that just a tag wasn't enough... and I wanted to carry on the piece I was making, giving it more space to add more embellishments and stamping... so I came up with the Pouch design. After yakking over a suggested name for said Pouch with a pal, he suggested the "T'Pouch" so it is a bit of a play on words like the 80's pop band T'Pau... and it kind of went from there!

Back of T'Pouch

If you fancy making your own T'Pouch, I did a tut a few months ago with all the measurements and pics etc... details of which are HERE for you to see. In keeping with my desire for sunny days and a bit of warmth on my old bones, I decided to make this sample using hot Distress Colours... namely Scattered Straw (heavenly with the following...) Wild Honey, Rusty Hinge and Fired Brick Stains. The stamping is with Jet Black Archival and Snowcap Dabber and the stamps are all Tim Holtz collection apart from Photographer Guy - he is a Studio 490 stamp.

Front of Tag

I did some die-cutting using Alterations dies and Grungepaper and cardstock... and added some Idea-ology for embellishing the pieces. I am going to be making another one today in my class... so this time I will pick different colours (or, maybe because I am loving the hot colours, I will do another the same!)

Back of Tag

Tis time for my bed... I had a lovely busy day ripping and old book apart and cutting it (it didn't squeal lol) and getting messy with Gesso and sprays... I will blog pics tomorrow .. I have "my own back" to get on Wendy and Caz today.... they were snapping away with their cameras and I just know that there will be plenty of "Hels looking like a goof" pictures being bandied about... I need a bargaining tool... quick! LOL Right then, that's all for now... thanks for looking... have a fabby Sunday! TTFN

46 comments:

Oooh, what a fab combination of colours Hels and a gorgeous combo of images and embellies too. Bet your ladies are going to have a brilliant time today. BTW we had a thunderstorm to add to the mix on Friday too :-(!

Gorgeous tag & t'pouch Hels, the colours are gorgeous. Will try to make something before Tuesday, when a frien arrives from the US for a few weeks. I doubt I'll get much crafting done while she's here. :)

Beautiful tag/t'pouch combo. Makes me think of summer evenings in the garden with the wood burner on and a large glass of wine... Back to the real world, there is so much detail in this wonderful creation; God Bless all those who will be having fun attempting to recreate your work!!!Looking forward to reproducing summer skies in some form or another (not the stormy ones though!)Have a great day today. Hugs, Buttons x

Gorgeous colours Hel's and again I've took part, love your challenges so much thank you for the inspiration, my entry is here http://crafti-n-est.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/sunday-stamping-and-smiles.htmlXx

Hi Helen I love your tag and pouch. As I have a birthday card to create I may well make a t'pouch, absolutely great idea of yours. Thank you so much for the inspiration/tutorial. Take care......Annie :)

What a lovely theme for this week Hels. I'm sure its what we are all waiting for too. Anyway, I managed to do a tag that I maybe have overdone it a bit as i tend to do. Hope you all enjoy your crafting. Hugs Rita xx Here's Mine

a fabbie piece, love it..well here is mine, hope it works this works, not sure it linked up properly last week,anyways here she is:http://inkypinkycraft.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/summer-colours-and-not-tag-on-sight.htmlhave a great week, hope the pain is better hugs trace x

Hi Hels, Here is my contribution this week, I hope it represents summer colours, though with all the rain summer seems along way off.http://marglovecrafting.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/sunday-stamper-summer-colours.html

Love those gents! I'm really going to have to make a t'pouch. I like the idea of hidden surprises when you pull it out.My entry is here http://pearshapedcrafting.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/sunday-stamper.html

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